Lock.



A. I'. SCHREDER.

LOOK.

APPLIOATIoN FILED 13110.13. 1909.

Patented Sept. 13, 1910.-

ALBERT F. SCHROEDER, 0F CLEVELAND, OHIO.

LOCK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 13, 1910.

Application filed December 13, 1909. Serial No. 532,959.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, ALBERT F. SoHRonnnn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Locks, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to a combined lock and latch, and particularly to adevice of this character adapted for use upon boxes and the like.

The object of my invention is to provide a combined lock and latch,embodying a member adapted to serve as a lift.

My invention consists generally of an upper and lower plate adapted tobe secured to the lid and body of the trunk respectively, said upperplate being provided with a lift member, and means for detachablysecuring said plates together.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, andin which like numeral references are used to designate like partsthroughout the same, Figure 1 is a front view of my device. Fig. 2 is asimilar view of the upper plate and members associated therewith. Fig. 3is a side view of the same. Fig. 4 is a side view of a slightly modifiedform of a portion of my device. Fig. 5 is a front view of one of themembers illustrated in Fig. 4, and Fig. 6 is a similar view of anothermember illustrated in Fig. 4.

In the preferred embodiment of my invention as shown, 1 and 2 designateupper and lower body plates which are provided with openings 3 and f1,and are adapted to be secured by means of screws or the like upon thelid and body portion of a box respectively, said screws extendingthrough the openings 3 and 4. The upper body plate 1 tapers upwardly-t'o form a reduced portion 5 which is bent outwardly and downwardly toform the curved lift member G. The upper body plate 1 is furtherprovided upon its middle portion adjacent the lower edge thereof with aforwardly projecting retaining lug 7, which is provided centrallythereof with the downwardly projecting slotted bolt 8. The lower bodyplate 2 has suitably secured upon its outer side a centrally arrangedlock, comprising a rectangular casing 9 provided with a key-hole 10. Thelower plate 2 tapers slightly downwardly as shown in Fig. 1, and isprovided with a straight upper horizontal edge 11, adjacent to whichterminates the upper end of the casing 9 above referred to. The casing 9and the retaining lug 7, as shown in Fig. 1, are arranged in alinementwith and adjacent to cach other when the fastener is in its lockedposition.

The lock casing 9 is provided near the lower end thereof with apivotally mounted U-shaped retaining member, the sides 12 of which arejournaled in opposing sides of said locked casing 9. The U-shapedretainmg member is adapted to fit around the lock casing 9 and theretaining lug 7, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, whereby the upper and lowerplates 1 and 2 will be detaehably secured together. The U-shapedretaining member is provided upon the upper portion thereof with areduced portion 13 which is bent outwardly and slightly downwardly, toform a gripping member. It is to be understood that the slotted bolt Ssecured upon the retaining lug 7, is inserted within the lock casing 9,whereby the upper and lower plates 1 and 2 may be locked together.

In the modified form of my invention, I provide an upper body plate 141having a tapering upper portion which is bent forwardly and downwardlyto form a lift member 15. The upper body plate 14 has a straight lowerhorizontal edge 1G and is provided with alined openings 17 which areequidistant from the edge 1G. Arranged upon the outer side of the plate14; is seciind plate 1S provided with openings 19 and a lower straighthorizontal edge 20. The openings 19 are adapted to register with theopening 17, and the plates 111 and 1S are secured upon the lid of thebox by means of screws or the like, which pass through the registeringopenings 17 and 19. The Vlower edge 2O of plate 18 is adapted tocoincide with the correspoinling edge 1G of plate 14, as shown in Fig.4, and'plate 1S is provided with a retaining lug 21 suitablv securedthereto adjacent the Aedge 20, said retaining lug 21 being provided witha de pending slotted boltA 22.

lt is to be understood that the modified form of my invention as shownin Fig. -l-, is adapted to cor'iperate with the lower body plate 2, inprecisely the same manner as the device shown in Fig. 2.

Having fully described my invention, I claim Tn a device of thecharacter described, upper and lower body plates arranged upon the .lidand body of a box respectively, said third plate being provided witharetaining `10 lug, and means connected With the lower plate to engagethe retaining lug.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ALBERT F. SCHROEDER. Witnesses:

AUGUSTA MARoossoN, LEONARD WV. SMITH.

upper plate being provided With a plurality of openings, a third plateremovably arranged upon the upper plate and provided With openings inregistration with said openings upon said upper plate, screws to extendthrough said openings to detachably secure the upper and third platetogether and to said lid, said upper plate having a portion thereof bentto form a lift, saidl

